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'No relief in sight' from N.W.T. wildfire near Hay River, Kátł'odeeche First Nation

17 May 2023

Hay River, Northwest Territories, Canada

Shane Thompson, the N.W.T.'s minister of Environment and Climate Change as well as Municipal and Community Affairs, gave an update on the out-of-control wildfire burning near Hay River and the Kátł'odeeche First Nation since Sunday.

CBC

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